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Oldham Coliseum has declared: If we’re going out, we’re doing it our way. This Friday, they celebrate all things Coliseum with script-in-hand performances of scenes and songs from favourite productions of the past decade, comedy, pantomime and appearances from special guests. The Coliseum’s theatre professionals have crafted this one-night-only event in just two short weeks… Continue reading Oldham Coliseum says farewell

Drag superstar Divina de Campo will be hosting her own, alternative Coronation celebrations this May. Following performances of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at HOME last spring, Divina returns for two-night solo performance of her new show, Creating a Queen. A stalwart on the UK drag scene, Divina was runner-up on the first season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race… Continue reading Devina de Coronation

John Dillon’s Wearing Colours is to be performed in Liverpool for the first time in 15 years. Set before and in the immediate aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, the work explores the differing reactions of four individuals who attended the game on that fateful night. It was written by Dillon and performed only five months after… Continue reading Wearing Colours comes back to Liverpool

In a move that echoes the eviction of VAULT Festival from his usual home in London’s Waterloo, North Tyneside Council is evicting The Exchange Theatre charity in order to bring in a private, more commercial tenant. Performing arts trade union Equity has written to the Mayor, Norma Redfearn DBE (Labour), in a bid to prevent the charity… Continue reading North Shields Exchange Theatre faces eviction

The Olivier Award-winning alternative-rock trio The Tiger Lillies are going on tour to mark the release of their new album. With their signature darkly eccentric humour, this collection, The Worst of The Tiger Lillies, is their “best of” album and the concert will include songs such as “Roll Up”, “Danced All Night” and “Boatman” that the oft-called ‘godfathers… Continue reading The Worst of The Tiger Lillies go to Ukraine

This Monday—World Theatre Day—Unfolding Theatre announces the cast and creative team for its brand new show, A Street Like This. Set and made in Sunderland, it’s written by Alison Carr, directed by Annie Rigby, with music co-written by Ross Millard from The Futureheads and local residents. A Street Like This will première at The Fire Station in Sunderland… Continue reading Right down their street

Buxton International Festival and Norwich Theatre have revealed the cast for their new co-production The Land of Might-Have-Been which opens in July 2023. The musical is built around the songs of Ivor Novello and is loosely based on incidents in the early life of Buxton’s pioneering feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain and the lives, loves and stories… Continue reading Brisson to play Vera Brittain in new musical

Ahead of a meeting between English National Opera chorus members and a cross-party group of MPs and Lords on 28 March, actors’ union Equity claims that 67.9% of the ENO chorus are at risk of leaving the profession entirely if Arts Council England forces the company out of its London Coliseum home. In an Equity survey of… Continue reading Two-thirds ENO chorus may have to leave profession

Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre Studio stages Cosmic, a new comedy by Joe McNally about what happens when you look a bit too hard at everyday life for a bit too long. It stars Clare Hackett, Connor Henry, Andy McLeod, Mark Rice-Oxley and Kalli Tant and is directed by Deborah Yhip. Vinnie knows things that the average… Continue reading Cosmic comedy at Court

Live Theatre Newcastle celebrates its 50th birthday with a year that puts new talent at the heart of its programme. With major commissions going to writers and artists entirely new to Live Theatre, the Quayside venue sees four major productions offer a changing picture of the North East. The 2023 season kicked off March 2, running… Continue reading Talent spotting at Live